Plan to build 12 new towns in England to be unveiled at Labour conference

Housing secretary is set to announce initiative modelled on Clement Attlee's postwar housing boom'

The government is expected to announce on Sunday a programme to build 12 new towns across England in a bid to address the country's housing crisis.

The housing secretary, Steve Reed, will unveil the initiative at Labour's annual conference as it begins in Liverpool. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, described the proposals as national renewal in action".